How many polling cards did you get?

beertons

I've got three. One each in my parents house, my house and one we rented about 6 years ago.

jimgoose

Precisely zero. Apparently I'm not the only one. Just as well you don't actually need one.

Annasopra

beertons wrote: »

I've got three. One each in my parents house, my house and one we rented about 6 years ago.

Do you not have another you could use as well maybe a dead family member

Manach

Zero as well.

seamus

I've got one. Because I don't have Mammies or anyone else who keep registering me.

I'm not sure why this archaic self-declaration system still exists. You have one PPSN, so you get one vote. And a single electoral authority should manage the whole register. It's not rocket science.

One at the home place. Never registered anywhere else as I want my vote in the home area.

kneemos

seamus wrote: »

I've got one. Because I don't have Mammies or anyone else who keep registering me.

I'm not sure why this archaic self-declaration system still exists. You have one PPSN, so you get one vote. And a single electoral authority should manage the whole register. It's not rocket science.

In the hospital a while back and they asked me was I born in this county,apparently your notes may not be on the system if you move counties.

It's infuriating that we can't do the simplest of things.

Lollipops23

I only got one- supplementary, as I got booted off the register when I moved.

Bacchus

Two for me as always. One back home, the other in Cork

I wonder when they work out the voter turnout, what % that didn't vote is as a result of people being registered multiple times.

Canadel

seamus wrote: »

I've got one. Because I don't have Mammies or anyone else who keep registering me.

I'm not sure why this archaic self-declaration system still exists. You have one PPSN, so you get one vote. And a single electoral authority should manage the whole register. It's not rocket science.

If polling cards were given out based on thanks you'd be the most powerful voter in the country.

mahoganygas

seamus wrote: »

I've got one. Because I don't have Mammies or anyone else who keep registering me.

I'm not sure why this archaic self-declaration system still exists. You have one PPSN, so you get one vote. And a single electoral authority should manage the whole register. It's not rocket science.

I agree.
But I can also understand why governments don't want to fix it.

Whoever is in government at the time is going to be accused of changing it for their benefit. The same thing happened in the UK when they tried to clean up the register.

It makes sense to change the system. But no opposition party is going to pass over the chance to point fingers at a government for excluding hundreds of thousands from voting. There would be errors. Some people would be inadvertently removed and the subsequent outrage on polling day would be bad for government.

rainbow kirby

One delivered to my mam's house - still registered back home. Won't be using it this time though.

4zn76tysfajdxp

seamus wrote: »

I've got one. Because I don't have Mammies or anyone else who keep registering me.

I'm not sure why this archaic self-declaration system still exists. You have one PPSN, so you get one vote. And a single electoral authority should manage the whole register. It's not rocket science.

You don't have Mammies?

seamus

Bradley Whispering Space-age wrote: »

You don't have Mammies?

Even if I lived at home, I'd be lucky if my mother registered me. Taught me to do everything myself, so she did.

LeinsterDub

Mohammed Ugly Twilight wrote: »

One at the home place. Never registered anywhere else as I want my vote in the home area.

How long will you be away from home before you switch? I know people up in Dublin 10 years, no plans to go 'home' and they refuse to switch

ChippingSodbury

#VoteEarlyVoteOften

elfy4eva

I moved to a different constituency. I filled out the move of address form, part of the form contains a permission for the council over your previous address to remove you from their register (you actually have to send the form to your previous council first and they forward it on to the new council), however while they did forward it on it seems they skipped the part of removing me from being registered at the previous address as I'm now registered at both addresses.

Kersh

2, one at my mams, one where I live.

Odd thing is, the house where I currently live, I dont use the address there at all, for anything. Post has always been sent to the family home, as Im not bothered changing addresses every time I rent a new house.

Riskymove

beertons wrote: »

I've got three. One each in my parents house, my house and one we rented about 6 years ago.

Have you ever sought to have the two out of date registrations deleted?

Donne

For the first time I didn't get one either.

I suppose the old driving license will do the trick.

Bulbous Salutation

I got two. I'll use both of them I think.

LeinsterDub

LeinsterDub wrote: »

How long will you be away from home before you switch? I know people up in Dublin 10 years, no plans to go 'home' and they refuse to switch

I'm over 7 years living in a different county/constituency and have no intention of changing it. Even if I didn't plan on moving back home (which I do in the next while and was alway the plan) I don't think I'd move the vote.

I don't move my address for anything else either bar car reg and insurance (need to be at my address for parking permit). Saves all the hassle with changing address when you move, important documents going to place you don't live etc.

A2LUE42

0 arrived to our house

I still get two polling cards. One in my current constituency and one in my previous.

I also receive one for a previous occupant and that has worked fine in the previous elections as no one seems to check any ID.

Sundew

I have been getting 2 for the last 17 years! One in Dublin and one to my hometown. Never vote twice but vote where I happen to be on the day :-)

MilesMorales1

5.

Badly Drunk Boy

I got one polling card since I've only been registered in one place. The few brief times I was living elsewhere, I was always home for any elections/referenda.

Can you just get in touch and say "I'm not living there anymore, I'm here now"? I know people could use that maliciously (but would they bother?).

beertons wrote: »

I've got three. One each in my parents house, my house and one we rented about 6 years ago.

How do you know about the one from 6 years ago? Are you still in contact with the people who are there now, or have you just checked the register?

mahoganygas wrote: »

It makes sense to change the system. But no opposition party is going to pass over the chance to point fingers at a government for excluding hundreds of thousands from voting. There would be errors. Some people would be inadvertently removed and the subsequent outrage on polling day would be bad for government.

Of course there would be errors but surely most people know that it's possible to check the register to make sure you're on it? And if there was a clean-up done on the register, I'm sure there'd be plenty of notification/advertising to ensure that you are still on the register.

RobertKK

Just the one.

No vote early and often for me.

beertons

Riskymove wrote: »

Have you ever sought to have the two out of date registrations deleted?

Why yes I have. And I have been told that's sorted now both times.

But wouldn't it make you think about how some parties got so many votes in certain area's?

beertons

Home from voting, wasn't asked for ID. So in theory, I could still use the other 2. Granted, I'd be voting for different people, but I could give it all to the one party. Big mess up.